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Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran — WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …
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| Nate Anderson / Ars Technica: |
Confirmed: US, Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it — Stuxnet was never meant to propagate in the wild. — The new account is unlikely to alter Iran's view of the US, seen here in a mural on the old US embassy in Tehran — David Holt — In 2011, the US government rolled out its …
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| Christopher Mims / Technology Review: |
How Obama Was Dangerously Naive About STUXNET and Cyberwarfare — A Times exposé suggests that the White House failed to consider how our own cyberweapons would be used against us. — If the New York Times' comprehensive account of the birth of the STUXNET worm that slowed Iran's efforts … | Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
ETSI chooses Apple-inspired proposal for new 4FF nano-SIM standard — Despite objections and criticism over the different proposals for a new 4FF (nano-SIM) standard, Apple's nano-SIM proposal has been adopted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), edging out submissions from Nokia, RIM and Motorola.| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Nokia acknowledges nano-SIM decision, now says it's ‘prepared’ to license essential patents — Nokia had been waging the loudest opposition in recent months to Apple's nano-SIM proposal, a mild evolution of the micro-SIM currently found in the iPhone 4 and 4S (among others).
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Microsoft Sees Future in Windows 8 Fueled by $58 Billion App Market: Tech — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is so eager to have a panoply of applications for the next version of its Windows operating system that it has lined up design firms, recruited interns and sent engineers on an around …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Nokia calls Google's EC complaint a frivolous waste of time, notes Android's ‘problems with patents’ — Late last night it was revealed that Google has filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging that Microsoft and Nokia colluded to drive up handset prices together with Canadian IP licensing firm MOSAID.
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On Facebook, ‘Likes’ Become Ads — SAN FRANCISCO — On Valentine's Day, Nick Bergus came across a link to an odd product on Amazon.com: a 55-gallon barrel of ... personal lubricant. — He found it irresistibly funny and, as one does in this age of instant sharing, he posted the link on Facebook … | Bloomberg: |
Acer, Toshiba To Take On IPads With Windows 8 Tablets — Acer Inc., Toshiba Corp. (6502) and Asustek Computer Inc. (2357) will unveil tablets running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system next week, people with knowledge of the matter said, challenging the dominance of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad.| Bing: |
Social Meets Search with the Latest Version of Bing, Available to Everyone in US Today — A few weeks ago, we introduced you to the most significant update to Bing since our launch three years ago, combining the best of search with relevant people from your social networks, including Facebook and Twitter.| Ryan Singel / Wired: |
In Ad Network Nightmare, Microsoft Making ‘Do Not Track’ Default for IE 10 — Microsoft announced Thursday that the next version of its browser, IE 10, will ship with the controversial “Do Not Track” feature turned on by default, a first among major browsers, creating a potential threat to online advertising giants.
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Wow! Apple Turns Over Its Inventory Once Every 5 *Days* — Apple turns over its inventory once every five days. — That's part of why a new report from the technology research firm, Gartner, ranked Apple's supply chain the best in the world. And it's pretty amazing when you think about it.
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| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
Google warned to change search results or face court over antitrust issues — European commission wants to address search engine company's dominance which it says could harm competition — Europe's antitrust chief has given Google until 2 July to offer changes in its search results …
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Cisco sues TiVo over DVRs — (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc has filed a lawsuit to void four TiVo Inc patents related to digital video recorders, escalating a battle over who has the right to profit from sales of the popular machines. — In a complaint filed on Wednesday …
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Google's Sundar Pichai confirms that offline Google Drive ‘coming in five weeks,’ hints at ad-supported Chromebook — During the closing session here at D10 in California, Google's on Senior Vice President of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai was joined by Susan Wojcicki (SVP of Advertising at Google) at Walt Mossberg.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Forced By Privacy Activist To Put Policy Changes Up For Worldwide Vote — Max Schrems, the Austrian founder of Europe Vs. Facebook, has forced Facebook to put proposed policy changes up for a vote by all its users. By mobilizing his privacy group to flood Facebook's Site Governance page …
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| John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
The Rumored iPhone 5′s Four Inch Front Panel Can Nearly Swallow An Old iPhone Whole — Another day, another iPhone 5 leak. This time we're looking at a four-inch long front panel of what appears to be a new iPhone. This panel suggests a longer, 16:9 style body and screen and lines …
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| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
FBI: New Internet addresses could hinder police investigations — The FBI tells CNET that the IPv6 transition may require it to develop “additional tools” for surveillance. — (Credit: FBI) — The FBI is worried that an explosion of new Internet numeric addresses scheduled to begin next week … Sponsor Posts
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